Upholstery molding



June 7, 1932. c. P. SCHLEGEL UPHOLSTERY MOLDING Filed Oct. 24, 1928 INVENTOR olrzrzes 5 scale 443 ATTORNEY Patented June 7, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES P. SCHLEGEL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCI-ILEGEL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK UPHOLSTERY MOLDIN G Application filed October 24, 1928.

4 The present invention relates to upholstery moldings and more particularly to the type in which there. is provided a portion through whichthe nails or fasteners are passed to hold the strip in place, combined with means for covering the heads of the nails or fasteners. An object of this invention is to provide a novel and effective means for holding the covering member over the strip or web through which the nails are passed.

To this and other ends, the. invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a molding constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 shows a plan view with the covering strip moved to expose the nail or fastener head;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 83, Fig. .2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the. line 4c4, Fig. 1;

- and r Fig. 5 is a detail view of the wire channel member.

In the illustrated embodiment of the 1nvention, 1 indicates the strip or web through which the nails are passed. This strip or web is formed with elastic material, suchfor instance, as textile fabric and has the nails or fasteners 52 passed therethrough. At one side of this web is provided a covering mem-' ber comprising, in this instance, a filler 3 of rubber or other laterally bendable material. This filler has the textile fabric Wrapped about the same at 4 and 5, which provides a hinged connection at 6 between the covering portion and the elastic portion 1. A pile surface 7 may be provided on the greater part of the portion 4 of the fabric, leaving the free edge of the covering member free of said pile surface as'shown.

For holding the free edge of the covering member so that the latter will be retained over the strip or web 1 through which the nails are passed, a holding means of novel construction is provided. This holding means while laterally flexible provides an overhanging portion which is held in fixed re- Serial No. 314,749.

lation above the web portion. This result is secured, in this instance, by providing a laterally flexible holding device of channel form. In the present embodiment, this laterally flexible channel is formed from a single piece of wire bent to provide a series of U shaped loops providing connecting portions 8 and arms 9, the arms of adjacent loops being connected by bends 10 and lying parallel with each other. The arms 9 of all the U shaped loops are bent intermediate of their ends at 11. The connecting portions 8 with portions of the arms 9 underlie the inner face of the web 1 while the portions of thearm 9 beyond the bends 11 overhang the inner face of the web 1 so that a channel is provided at that side of the web opposite the side to'which the cover member is hinged in order. to receive the free edge of the covering member and project over said covering member to apoint adjacent the edge of the pile surface 7.v This channel member is preferably covered on its outer face by the portion 12 of the textile fabric and on its inner face by the portion 13 of the fabric, a pile surface 14 being'provided on the portion 12 so that when the covering portion has its free edge lying in the channel member, the two pile surfaces 7 and 14 will lie side by side and form a finished face to the molding. The channel member may be secured to the fabric in any suitablemanner that will hold the upper wall of the channel in substantially rigid relation to the web 1. As the web 1 is elastic it may be stretched to shift the hinge 6 laterally in order that the free edge of the cover member may be pressed into the channel, after which the textile ma terial contracts and holds the free edge of the covering member-in the channel against accidental displacement. By introducing a sharp instrument between the cover member and the upper edge of the channel the cover member may be shifted so as to withdraw a portion therefrom after. which the entire cover member may be forced by hand out of the channel.

This construction provides an effective means of holding the covering member at its free edge while giving a covering strip of substantially uniform contour in cross-section and of minimum width while at the same time not providing any crevices in which dust or dirt may collect.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An upholstery molding comprising an elastic web through which a fastening device is passed, a cover for the fastening devices hinged at one edge to said web, an overhanging portion along the other edge of the web, and holding means having achannel for-ma.- tion and having its two walls substantially rigid With reference to each other, one wall extending into the overhanging portion, the edge of the cover being received in the chann l be ween t two al s t re -v 2- An upho s y moldihg co pri ng a elasti .Web thro gh hi h ai a Pa e a cever- 01 the web hinged at one side to the when v rha g ng portio a ong h opposite sid of theweb, and a laterally flex? ible, channel member having its side walls arranged. subs antial y n r g relation to each other, one of said side walls lying below the c ver. and t rm na ing n p ce lation to the hinge of the cover and the other of said side W l s pr je ng o t e o ter a e Of the cover for supporting said overhanging pcrtieh in l se pe i io t par- An uphcl tery m l ng mpr ng a web terme o tex il mate e h u h wh chiasi n ngs ep s e a cover n l dh e f le and ex ile materi l i on Piece with one side of. the web extendingabout the tiller; and heldins ean o the coverincludinga channel member having one wall ex en ing. O e t eweh n textil ma ri inonepiece with opposite sides of the web extending over theother wall of the channel member and on the inner face of said channel. membe al .4, .u holstery v molding comprising a web formetlof textile material through which tastenings are passed; a cover including a fil e s-1 d te ile mate ia i e pie e a it one side of the webextending about the filler; and holding means for the cover including a channel member having one wall extend.- ing ,overtheweband textile material in one pie e h Opp es. of he w b ext in over, the other wall of the channel member mg the innervfacev of said channel meme her-wall, portions of the textile material cove ering the auterv face of the filler and the outer c a el Wa lh v g p l rfaces e n-v .5. vAn npholstery molding comprising an elasticrweb through which nails are passed, a cover hingai at oneedge to the web and arranged to cover the web,.and holding means of channel "formation embodying a single piece of wire bent to provide U shaped loops, theend f he. a m o hich are c nnec together, the arms of the loops being bentbetween their-ends. to, provide a laterally. flexible channel, one side of which projects beneath the cover and the other side of which overhangs the swinging edge of the cover.

6. An upholstering molding comprising a back piece through which fastening devices are passed, a cover piece hinged at one edge to an edge of the back piece, a portion extending along the other edge of the back piece and overhanging said back piece and said cover piece in the covering position of the latter, and means for retaining the overhanging portion in overhanging relation to the back piece embodying curved devices lying transversely of the overhanging portion andhaving one portion which lies beneath the cover member when the latter is in covering position and another portion extending into the overhanging portion.

7, An upholstering molding comprising a back piece through which fastening devices are passed, a cover piece hinged at one edge to an edge of the back piece, a portion extending along the other edge of the back piece and overhanging said back piece and engaging said cover piece in the covering position of. the latter, and means for retaining the overhanging portion in overhanging relation to the back piece embodying a plurality of metallic reinforcingdevices extending into and transversely of the overhanging portion and beneath the cover piece when the latter is in covering position.

8. An upholstering molding comprising a back piece through which fastening devices are passed, a cover piece hinged at one edge to an edge of the back piece, a portion extending along the other edge of the back piece and overhanging. said back piece, and means for retaining the overhanging-portion in overhanging relation to the back piece embodying a plurality of bent wires extending into and transversely of the overhanging portion over the cover piece in the covering position of the latter and also beneath the cover piece when the latter is in covering position.

9. An upholstering molding comprising a back piece'through which fastening devices are passed, a cover piece hinged at one edge to an edge of the back piece, a. portion extending along the other edge of the'back piece and overhanging said back piece to hold said cover piece in closed position, and means for retaining the overhanging portion in overhanging relation to the back piece embodying a laterally bendable reinforcing channel extending into the overhanging portion and also beneath the cover member when the latter is in covering position.

10. An upholstering molding comprising a fabric strip having intermediate portion adapted to receive fastening means, one side v of aid st ip being f e on tsel to form at said fold a longitudinal hinge for moving a cover-forming edge portion of the strip to and from position to cover-said fastening means, the other side .ofsaid strip being told- 

